Andrew Scharlach, professor of social welfare

Andrew E. Scharlach is associate dean and professor of social welfare at UC Berkeley, where he co-directs the gerontology specialization. He also serves as director of the campus’s Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services and is a key member of a group that is working on creating aging-friendly communities. He served for seven years as a gubernatorial appointee on the California Commission on Aging. He has published extensively on the needs of older adults and their families, particularly with regard to community aging initiatives, long-term care services, work and family responsibilities, and gerontological social work education. Among other publications, he is author of Elder Care and the Work Force: Blueprint for Action (with B. Lowe and E. Schneider; Lexington Books), Controversial Issues in Aging (with L. Kaye; Allyn & Bacon), and Families and Work: New Directions in the Twenty-First Century (with K. Fredriksen-Goldsen; Oxford University Press).